I was somewhere in the Philippines in 2006 when I witnessed with my bare eyes that some of Philippines-based airlines (Asian Spirit airlines) used Indonesian-made CN-235. That time, i admit, i was surprised because all those while’ I’d kept on thinking that CN-235 only sold domestically inside Indonesia.
Then I started to learn that Indonesia managed to sell some of CN-235 aircraft to neighbors like Malaysia, Brunei, and Philippines. Bram, a good reader of GNFI residing in Singapore, gave me a link describing that CN-235 has been sold worldwide beyond Asian continent’s border. Here’s the list:
Military Operators
Airforce:
* Botswana Air Force
* Tentera Udara Diraja Brunei
* Chilean Air Force
* Colombian Air Force
* Ecuadorian Air Force
* French Air Force
* Gabonese Air Force
* Irish Air Corps (2 x CN235MP)
* Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (8 x CN235-220)
* Moroccan Air Force
* Pakistan Air Force (4 x CN235-220)
* Panama Airforce
* Papua New Guinea Airforce
* Royal Saudi Air Force
* South African Air Force
* South Korean Air Force (20 x CN 235)
* Thai Air Force (10 )
* TNI AU (Indonesian airforce)
* Turkish Air Force
* UAE Navy
* U.S. Coast Guard sebagai HC-144A for Medium Range Surveillance Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MRSMPA)
Military:
* South African Airforce (1)
* UEA Airforce
* Saudi Arabian Airforce
* Botswana Airforce
* Brunei Airforce(1)
* Chilean Airforce (4 CN-235-100)
* Ecuador airforce
* Gabon airforce
*Ireland airforce(2 CN235MP)
* Colombia airforce
* South Korean Airforce(20)
* Malaysian Airforce(8 CN235-220)
* Morrocan Airforce(7)
* Pakistan Airforce(4 CN235-220)
* Panama Airforce
* Papua New Guinea Airforce
* France (19 CN235-100).
* Spain (20)
* Turkey (50 CN235-100M); (6 CN-235 ASW/ASuW MPA); (3 CN-235 MPA)
* Venezuela
*Jordan(2)
Source : Absoluteastronomy.com
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But not all of CN-235 produced by PTDI of Indonesia, since CASA of Spain is also the producer.
Hi, for asia region cn235 ordered/manufactured by PTDI, and for europe and north america manufactured by CASA spain. The CASA/IPTN CN-235 is a medium-range twin-turbo-prop aircraft developed jointly between CASA in Spain and IPTN
setahu saya kalo namanya dah pake CN artinya buatan Indonesia …CN ( Cassa – Nurtanio)
agree with toridei.. if it’s C-*** it’s a casa… but if it’s a CN-*** it’s a PTDIs..
thought from the inisial it’s should be IPTNs
@toridei & ivan:
Nice info gans, pembedanya di inisial ya, C dan CN.
Hi Brothers.. be honest lah..
CN 235 is joint design product between IPTN (PTDI) & EADS CASA. But it doesn’t mean if code CN is representing product of IPTN (PTDI) and C is produced by NASA. Both producers use same brand of CN 235.
However, IPTN is already sucessfully developed CN 235 to the more advance function – i.e. Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) – and now they are in-progress of development CN 235 ASW (Anti Submarine Warfare).
http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/CN-235
http://www.combataircraft.com/aircraft/ccn235.aspx
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